Central Europe and Northern Eurasia Vocaulary

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Vocabulary Central Europe and Northern Eurasia

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Match the term to the best definition

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Siberia		system in which the government controls most aspects of political and economic life
democratic backsliding		the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia
Abdicate		sea almost completely surrounded by land
Entrepreneur		treeless plain the Arctic where short grasses and mosses grow
Communism		coniferous forest found south of the tundra in Northern Eurasia
Plains		temperate grassland that is often lightly wooded, found in Europe and Asia
Diversity		group of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
Perestroika		a revolution without bloodshed which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s
Balkanize		the process of selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners
Balkan Region		a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen
Annex		an emperor of Russia before 1917
Eurasia		to surrender one's office, throne, or authority
Command economy		governing council in the former Soviet Union
Tundra		an economic system that is controlled by a single central government
Taiga		a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Soviet		a policy of economic restructuring in the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Inland sea		the currency of the Russian Federation
Czar		system of selling goods and services outside official channels
Velvet Revolution		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Steppe		a person who starts and builds a business
Kievian Rus 900 ce (Eastern Europe)		to formally add a region to a country
Black market		to increase the variety of something, such as industries
Ethnic group		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
Ruble		Based on the trade city of Kiev Adopts Christianity, Becomes the center of Eastern Europe Destroyed by the Mongols
Caucasus Region		an extensive area of level and rolling, treeless country, often covered by rich, fertile soil.
Permafrost		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Glasnost		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Privatization		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

Match the term to the best definition

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Caucasus Region		an economic system that is controlled by a single central government
Command economy		a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Balkanize		a policy of economic restructuring in the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s
democratic backsliding		the currency of the Russian Federation
Balkan Region		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Perestroika		a person who starts and builds a business
Siberia		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
Glasnost		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Ruble		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Entrepreneur		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

Match the term to the best definition

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Entrepreneur		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Diversity		a person who starts and builds a business
Plains		to formally add a region to a country
Balkanize		to increase the variety of something, such as industries
Siberia		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
Annex		Based on the trade city of Kiev Adopts Christianity, Becomes the center of Eastern Europe Destroyed by the Mongols
democratic backsliding		an extensive area of level and rolling, treeless country, often covered by rich, fertile soil.
Caucasus Region		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Balkan Region		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Kievian Rus 900 ce (Eastern Europe)		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile

Match the term to the best definition

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Taiga		system in which the government controls most aspects of political and economic life
Ethnic group		the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia
Communism		sea almost completely surrounded by land
Steppe		treeless plain the Arctic where short grasses and mosses grow
Velvet Revolution		coniferous forest found south of the tundra in Northern Eurasia
Permafrost		temperate grassland that is often lightly wooded, found in Europe and Asia
Privatization		group of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
Inland sea		a revolution without bloodshed which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s
Tundra		the process of selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners
Eurasia		a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen

Match the term to the best definition

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Siberia		system in which the government controls most aspects of political and economic life
democratic backsliding		the name some geographers suggest should be used for the landmass of Europe and Asia
Abdicate		sea almost completely surrounded by land
Entrepreneur		treeless plain the Arctic where short grasses and mosses grow
Communism		coniferous forest found south of the tundra in Northern Eurasia
Plains		temperate grassland that is often lightly wooded, found in Europe and Asia
Diversity		group of people who share such things as culture, language, and religion
Perestroika		a revolution without bloodshed which took place in Czechoslovakia during the late 1980s
Balkanize		the process of selling government owned industries and businesses to private owners
Balkan Region		a layer of soil just below the earth's surface that stays permanently frozen
Annex		an emperor of Russia before 1917
Eurasia		to surrender one's office, throne, or authority
Command economy		governing council in the former Soviet Union
Tundra		an economic system that is controlled by a single central government
Taiga		a policy of openness introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Soviet		a policy of economic restructuring in the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s
Inland sea		the currency of the Russian Federation
Czar		system of selling goods and services outside official channels
Velvet Revolution		to break up into small, mutually hostile political units
Steppe		a person who starts and builds a business
Kievian Rus 900 ce (Eastern Europe)		to formally add a region to a country
Black market		to increase the variety of something, such as industries
Ethnic group		the state-led debilitation or elimination of the political institutions sustaining an existing democracy
Ruble		Based on the trade city of Kiev Adopts Christianity, Becomes the center of Eastern Europe Destroyed by the Mongols
Caucasus Region		an extensive area of level and rolling, treeless country, often covered by rich, fertile soil.
Permafrost		This region straddles the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are here.
Glasnost		Slavic Region in mountains of south/eastern Europe
Privatization		A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile